Spacemetric and EASP Air Support Frontex Mission

The Dutch NL EASP Air provides airborne Maritime Surveillance and ISR “as a service” to FRONTEX and the UK Government. NL EASP Air has a 4-year service contract for FRONTEX, to provide airborne survey services over the Mediterranean Sea and has recently signed international teaming agreements to strengthen their capabilities for FRONTEX and UK Border Force surveillance missions. Spacemetric provides sensor data storage and distribution capabilities for operational systems to EASP Air.

Real-time maritime surveillance datawas received via satellite link from the special mission aircraft. The sensor data was stored in the Keystone server and distributed to multiple remote users of the real-time data. The live data was presented in a client application (Keystone NL EASP Air Dashboard) providing situational awareness (see image to the right) in support of mission coordination. Plans for enhancement of the data storage and distribution service include integration with other data sources such as AIS.